Ancestry of Ed Gein
 
compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Ed Gein should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.  
 
 
 
 
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com
 
 
Ancestry of Ed Gein
1 Edward Theodore ("Ed") Gein, b. La Crosse, Wisc., 27 Aug. 1906, d. Waupun, Wisc., 26 July 1984 [SSDI 388-28-8860]
PARENTS
2 George Gein, b. ... 1873, d. ... 1 Apr. 1940  
m. Vernon Co., Wisc., 11 Dec. 1900
3 Augusta Lehrke, b. ... 21 July 1877, d. ... 29 Dec. 1945
GRANDPARENTS
6 Friedrich Wilhelm Lehrke, b. ... , Prussia, ... 18 Aug. 1840, d. Chaseburg, Wisc., 9 Feb. 1904  
m.
7 Amelie Fregin, b. ... , Prussia, 27 June 1841, d. Chaseburg, Wisc., 1 Feb. 1897
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12 Christian Lehrke, b. ... , Prussia, 25 Nov. 1810, d. Chaseburg, Wisc., 29 May 1897  
m. ... 5 Oct. 1837
13 Rahel Kindel, b. ... , Prussia, ... 1813, d. ... , Prussia, 13 May 1849
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
24 Christian Lehrke, b. ... [ca. 1771], d. ...  
m. Schoenberg, Westpreussen, 20 May 1803
25 Susanna Lenz, b. ... [ca. 1778], d. ...
26 George Kindel, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
27 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
48 Michael Lehrke, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
49 Susanna Sueltz, b. ... , d. ...
50 Georg Lenz, b. ... , d. ... 31 July 1797  
m.
51 Christina Rebischke, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 
 
 
 
 

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NOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
See above.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com